Denis Shaw
- Recitazione
- 7 aprile 1921 · Dulwich, London, England, UK
- 28 febbraio 1971
Biografia
Douglas "Denis" Findlay Shaw (7 February 1921 – 28 February 1971) was a British character actor who specialized in portraying villains. Shaw was born in Dulwich on 7 February 1921. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was frequently cast as villains in films and television shows, most notably as the German guard Priem in The Colditz Story (1955), as well as a number of British horror films including Jack the Ripper (1959), The Mummy (1959) and The Curse of the Werewolf (1961). He was cast in the leading role of The Great Van Robbery (1959) as the judo-throwing Interpol detective Caesar Smith. Shaw's television credits include The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Avengers, Danger Man, Dixon of Dock Green, The Prisoner, Sherlock Holmes and Z-Cars. Shaw died from a heart attack in London on 28 February 1971, at the age of 50. A familiar face around the bars of Soho in London, he is mentioned in Keith Waterhouse's play Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell.
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Filmografia
- Bright's Boffins
- The Misfit · Aircraft Passenger
- Quel maledetto ispettore Novak · Vance
- The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket · Heavyset Workman
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder · Wu Tong
- Tom Grattan's War · Koestler
- The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids · Nasty Workman
- Il prigioniero · Shopkeeper
- La regina dei Vikinghi · Osiris
- Chiamata per il morto · Wolfe - Publican
- Londoners · Louie
- Sherlock Holmes
- Theatre 625 · Matvei
- Espionage · Frohlich
- I pirati del fiume rosso · Silver (uncredited)
- Stryker of the Yard
- Nothing Barred · Convict
- L'implacabile condanna · Gaoler
- Carry On Regardless · Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
- The Hellfire Club · Sir Richard Benlow
- Agente speciale · Murray
- Ticket to Paradise · Giuseppe
- The Night We Got the Bird · Wolfie's Stooge
- Giungla di cemento · Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
- Beyond the Curtain · Krumm
- Trouble with Eve · George Rigby
- International Detective · Horse Carlucci, Victor Prado
- La mummia · Mike
- L'uomo che ingannò la morte · Tavern Customer
- Jack lo squartatore · Simes
- Innocent Meeting · Uncle
- The Great Van Robbery · Caesar Smith
- Naked Fury · Captain Horst
- Passaporto per l’inferno · Mac
- Links of Justice · Heath
- A Woman Possessed · Bishop
- Moment of Indiscretion · Inspector Marsh
- Soapbox Derby · Lender
- The Depraved · Inspector O'Flynn
- La casbah di Marsiglia · Fat German Soldier
- La ragazza di provincia · Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)
- L'arma del delitto · Groggins
- Armchair Theatre · Ziggy
- Porto Africa · Grila
- Who Done It? · Professor Stumpf
- The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel · Biggs
- Robin Hood · Butcher (as Dennis Shaw)
- Il prigioniero · Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- La giungla degli implacabili · Priem
- Forbidden Cargo · Ship's Cook
- House of Blackmail · Bassett
- Vendicherò il mio passato · Shaw (uncredited)
- Girdle of Gold · Choirmaster